Everyday Chinese Medicine - Tips and Remedies

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BOWELS and Chinese Medicine

Often neglected and ignored, our bowels are a good indicator if something is wrong in the body. As the saying goes: ‘Careful, travel expa...

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Feb 15
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COMMON COLD and Chinese Medicine

The start of the pandemic saw a renewed awareness of basic sanitary rules such as washing your hands regularly, correctly sneeze or cough...

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Feb 12
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CHINESE NEW YEAR – Year of the Ox

First, a Happy New Chinese Lunar Year to everybody and especially to those of us who were born in an ‘Ox Year’ (1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1...

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Feb 8
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Acupuncture and IVF

IVF is an exciting but also scary time for everybody involved. Often women undergoing IVF cycles also would like to receive acupuncture t...

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Jan 25
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WIND and Chinese Medicine

Wind is an interesting and tricky pathogen. Wind is Yang. It’s fast, light and likes to move around the body. Translated into signs and s...

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Jan 18
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I HAVE DAMP – what does that mean?!

Often your Chinese medicine practitioner’s diagnosis will include unfamiliar pathologies, such as ‘Damp’, ‘Wind’, or the slightly more in...

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Jan 12
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UTI and Chinese Medicine

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) can range from intense pain with sudden onset, a strong sense to urinate while passing only small quantit...

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Jan 5
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TIRED OF FEELING TIRED ALL THE TIME?

While children seem to be bursting with energy and wake up fully refreshed, grown ups often only dream of 8 hours of deep, uninterrupted ...

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Dec 24, 2020
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Merry Festive Season!

Merry Christmas and this year more than ever, a Healthy, happy and peaceful Year 2021! The clinic will be closed until Tuesday 12th of Ja...

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Nov 30, 2020
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URTICARIA (HIVES) & Chinese Medicine

Hives present on the skin as red, itchy welts and are typically the immune system’s reaction to a variety of triggers. These can be food,...

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Nov 3, 2020
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GOJI BERRIES – the little wonder fruit

Also known as Wolfberries or, if you fancy Latin, lyceum barbarum, they have not been generally available until a few years ago. The Goji...

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Oct 19, 2020
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HEADACHE and Chinese Medicine

Headaches are one of the most common ailments that can destroy an otherwise beautiful day. Who hasn’t had that sometimes stabbing or puls...

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TINNITUS – when your body blows the whistle on you

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Sep 29, 2020
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TINNITUS – when your body blows the whistle on you

We all have had the occasional ringing in our ears or experienced an imaginary sound that is close to a buzzing or even a roar. People ex...

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Sep 22, 2020
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EQUINOX and Chinese Medicine

Equinox occurs twice a year, in late March and late September respectively, when days and nights last exactly the same amount of time. Tr...

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Sep 7, 2020
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INSOMNIA & Chinese Medicine

It can happen that from time to time, we find ourselves unable to sleep. The reasons for lying awake in bed can vary: a heavy and late me...

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Aug 31, 2020
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HEARTBURN and Chinese Medicine

Heartburn is the burning pain one can get in the upper and mid-chest when stomach acid backs up and irritates the sensitive tissue of the...

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Aug 17, 2020
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BELL’s PALSY and Chinese Medicine

Bell’s palsy is an acute peripheral facial paralysis where usually only one side of your face becomes stiff or starts to droop. It happen...

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Aug 4, 2020
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WORRY and Chinese Medicine

Perhaps the most prevalent negative emotion of the moment is worry, or its close relative, anxiety. With increasing uncertainties regardi...

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Jul 27, 2020
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STRESS and Chinese Medicine

Stress is the body’s reaction to a perceived threat. It can be of a physical nature, but also be mental stress. The aggressive-looking an...

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Jul 19, 2020
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EARLY PERIODS and Chinese Medicine

Recurring early periods are not only a nuisance, they can also weaken the body by increasing the average blood loss above regular levels....

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